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Posted: 1/9/2014 4:18:56 PM EDT
| Does anybody here use camelback bags or equipment? |
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Iv'e had a Camelbak for a long time that I use my mountain biking, don't have any complaints. Retired it to an extent as I now use an Oakley Hydration pack but the CB would be GTG.
The older style Camelbak BFM and Motherlode were nearly identical to these bags here, new ones have a few changes. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_10/414356_LBT_2595c_and_1476j_overview.html |
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I have or have used a number of Camelbak products. On the whole, I have liked them and would recommend them.
I used a Linchpin daypack for years, to include deployments to Kuwait and Afghanistan (with a quick jaunt to Kyrgyzstan). I liked it very much, but I tended to overload it. The fact that it has so many pockets allowed me to start coming up with extra things to stow in it, and eventually it wound up packed to the gills with extraneous stuff. It got very heavy, although it would still fit in an overhead bin on a commercial airplane (barely). It has lots and lots of organization built into it, and if you aren't using any organizers, that can be beneficial. I loved the idea of the stuff-it pouch, but actually found it hard to use and eventually stopped using it for anything other than letters and thin items. I wound up giving the pack to my girlfriend (a radio operator and fellow Marine reservist), and she's made excellent use of it. The stuff-in pocket, in her experience, is a perfect fit for a field radio like a 117. On the pack of my plate carriers, I made use of a Camelbak Armorbak. It did what I needed it to (carry water), but I don't much care for the attachment method. The carrier tends to droop below my SAPI plates unless the straps are very aggressively tightened down. Also, I wish the loop field on the back was larger. I always have an IR-reflective American flag patch on the back of my plate carrier because of an incident in Yuma back in '07 during a night live-fire exercise. That's a story for another time, but anyway, I always have the IR-reflective patch back there. The loop field on the Armorbak is only intended for a name-tape, so there's not a ton of engagement for a flag-shaped patch. More than once when I was rummaging around in the back of one of our NTVs, the patch would stick to the soft ceiling and get ripped off of the Armorbak. I've also used a fairly basic (and discontinued now, I think) hydration bladder for running. Had it for years. It's okay. Does what I need it to. |
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Does anybody here use camelback bags or equipment? Yes. I bought my first Camelback - a MULE - back in 1998. I was going Search & Rescue at the time and needed to get some weight off my belt. Back then I had the choice of black or red for my carrier color! I still have that MULE, although i've had to change bladders. I also use a couple of USGI surplus hydration carriers. I prefer the wide mouth style bladders, since they are easier to fill, pour ice into, etc... |
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